Jubal is really Othello goes out west. The casting of Rod Steiger also reminds you of the jealous ranch hand he played in Oklahoma.
Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine) is a kindly wealthy jolly ranch owner who hires the down on his luck drifter Jubal (Glenn Ford) to work for him. Shep has not been long married to wife Mae (Valerie French) who was attracted to his money but no his looks or slobbishness. Pinky (Rod Steiger) is the mean envious cow hand who is attracted to Mae and fools around with her.
Pinky is the Iago who sows suspicion in Shep that Jubal is messing around with his wife. In truth Mae has flirted with Jubal and he had always rebuffed her, in due respect to the kindness shown to him by Shep.
Once Shep is out of the way, Pinky gets the the other farm hands to go after Jubal by spreading further lies.
This is a melodrama about deceit and jealousy. There are nice sensitive performances from Borgnine, Ford and Charles Bronson. Steiger is rather unrestrained in his scenery chewing, it is a wonder he was not called out earlier for stirring the pot.
Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine) is a kindly wealthy jolly ranch owner who hires the down on his luck drifter Jubal (Glenn Ford) to work for him. Shep has not been long married to wife Mae (Valerie French) who was attracted to his money but no his looks or slobbishness. Pinky (Rod Steiger) is the mean envious cow hand who is attracted to Mae and fools around with her.
Pinky is the Iago who sows suspicion in Shep that Jubal is messing around with his wife. In truth Mae has flirted with Jubal and he had always rebuffed her, in due respect to the kindness shown to him by Shep.
Once Shep is out of the way, Pinky gets the the other farm hands to go after Jubal by spreading further lies.
This is a melodrama about deceit and jealousy. There are nice sensitive performances from Borgnine, Ford and Charles Bronson. Steiger is rather unrestrained in his scenery chewing, it is a wonder he was not called out earlier for stirring the pot.